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Since Bright is an Irish citizen, Let’s Go worked with both the U.S. and Irish embassies in Namibia to arrange for him to be airlifted to a more advanced hospital in the Namibian capital of Windhoek...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Namibia researcher airlifted to the capital city | 6/29/2001 | See Source »

...Still, the more his firm succeeds, the more likely it is that Makatiani will begin to face serious competition. South African Internet giant M-Web, already the biggest isp in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe, is looking to move into countries farther north, including Nigeria. As African countries deregulate their telecom industries, large international firms are also likely to move in. "It's going to be a lot tougher," says M-Web's chief operating officer, Andrew Milne. "The introduction of something like wireless connections to Africa will change the landscape overnight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wiring Africa's New Frontiers | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

...Kinshasa - may help bring an end to a war in which six neighboring countries, the Congolese army and various rebel groups have carved a country the size of Western Europe into a jumble of fiefdoms. Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi back rebel groups fighting Kinshasa, while Angola, Zimbabwe and Namibia support the government in return for lucrative mining concessions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Kabila | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

...There are signs of change. A small but growing movement of gay activists is making its voice heard in southern African states like Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Inevitably, the most outspoken campaigners are still harassed. In Zambia, the government has refused to register gay groups as official organizations. And in Zimbabwe in 1999, government appointees on a commission charged with drafting a new constitution booed and howled when members of the Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe called for the inclusion of a sexual orientation clause. Still, a decade ago such a proposal would have been unthinkable. "There is growing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Speaking Out, Staying In | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

...that began as a rebellion in the east of the country in August 1998 quickly became an African scramble for Africa. Rwanda and Uganda, which had supported Kabila pere in his campaign to end the reign of Mobutu Sese Seko, backed the rebellion after falling out with Kabila. Angola, Namibia and Zimbabwe supported the Congolese President in return for the promise of lucrative oil and mining concessions. A peace accord signed 18 months ago by the main protagonists called for a cease-fire, but fighting has dragged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Day Of The Assassin | 1/29/2001 | See Source »

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